CHORAL MUSIC BY ERIC WHITACRE

Junges Vokalensemble Hannover / Klaus-Jürgen
Etzold (dir)

Rondeau ROP 6064

[70:45]

Klaus-Jürgen Etzold draws a pleasing balance from
his young choir, who clearly appreciate this wide
range of Eric Whitacre’s work, the best of which
seems to be that composed around 2000 –
Sleep
and Lux Aurumque, with its sequel of a
decade
later, Nox Aurumque. The earliest pieces
are the substantial
Cloudburst featuring percussion; She
weeps over Rahoon, an inconsequential setting with cor anglais and piano
accompaniment; and
Water Night (1994), an atmospheric poem by
Octavio Paz. The
singing is good, but too much Whitacre becomes
soporific.